Shame, Fire, and the Editing Process: What Scripture Duplication Taught Me
Editing is more than catching typos. Sometimes it feels like holding a mirror to my own soul.
When I went back through From Flesh to Flame to check for Scripture duplication, I expected a quick, technical pass. It became something deeper. Seeing the same verses surface in different places showed me how often I circle the same wounds, the same lies, the same shame. And when the work is about moving from fleshly reactions to Spirit-lit responses, it makes sense that the same anchors kept calling me back.
Editing forced the questions: Do I need this here again? Do I need to let it go? Where is the fresh anointing?
That’s also the work God does in us. He doesn’t shame us for circling familiar cycles—He refines us in the fire until what remains is pure and looks like Him. Some verses needed to stay. Others needed to move. Still others had to be cut so the whole book could breathe.
That’s what healing looks like too: God keeps what strengthens us, relocates what needs new perspective, and burns away what no longer serves growth.
How I handled duplicates:
Audit: map every verse, then flag repeats.
Discern: ask why this passage showed up again—comfort? clarity? habit?
Decide: keep (needed), move (better placement), or replace (seek a fresh lens).
Protect voice: different angles are allowed; unnecessary echoes are not.
🔥 Editing shapes more than books. God edits our lives too—cutting shame, keeping truth, and shaping us into something whole.
